Encounter - Voice of Americahttp://www.voanews.com/archive/encounter/latest/672/1447.html en-USVOA2012 - VOAJoin host Carol Castiel each week as she and two advocates from the world of politics, public policy, or academia discuss and debate a critical issue in the news, bringing depth, perspective, and insight to the world around us. Issues that affect our lives and global stability are debated in a free-wheeling, unscripted discussion of fact and opinion.Join host Carol Castiel each week as she and two advocates from the world of politics, public policy, or academia discuss and debate a critical issue in the news, bringing depth, perspective, and insight to the world around us. Issues that affect our lives and global stability are debated in a free-wheeling, unscripted discussion of fact and opinion.VOAwebdesk@voanews.comnoEncounter - March 27, 2015US - AFGHAN RELATIONS Michael Kugelman, Senior Program Associate for South and Southeast Asia, at the Woodrow Wilson Center, and Sadanand Dhume, Resident Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute discuss the significance and outcome of Afghan President Ashraf Ghani’s first official visit to Washington and prospects for political and economic stability in that war-torn country, with host Carol Castiel.VOAUS - AFGHAN RELATIONS Michael Kugelman, Senior Program Associate for South and Southeast Asia, at the Woodrow Wilson Center, and Sadanand Dhume, Resident Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute discuss the significance and outcome of Afghan President Ashraf Ghani’s first official visit to Washington and prospects for political and economic stability in that war-torn country, with host Carol Castiel.http://www.voanews.com/audio/2697830.htmlFri, 27 Mar 2015 23:30:00 -040000:30:00http://gdb.voanews.com/E37343F6-85DF-485A-8130-F50CF71C4188_w640_h360.pngEncounter - March 20, 2015US CONGRESS / FOREIGN POLICY In the wake of several actions that the Republican-led US Congress has taken either without informing or in defiance of the Democratic White House, P.J. Crowley, former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs, now a fellow at George Washington University and Steven Groves, Senior Research Fellow at the Heritage Foundation spar over the role of Congress in the formulation and execution of US foreign policy.VOAUS CONGRESS / FOREIGN POLICY In the wake of several actions that the Republican-led US Congress has taken either without informing or in defiance of the Democratic White House, P.J. Crowley, former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs, now a fellow at George Washington University and Steven Groves, Senior Research Fellow at the Heritage Foundation spar over the role of Congress in the formulation and execution of US foreign policy.http://www.voanews.com/audio/2689416.htmlFri, 20 Mar 2015 23:30:00 -040000:30:00http://gdb.voanews.com/E37343F6-85DF-485A-8130-F50CF71C4188_w640_h360.pngEncounter - March 13, 2015BOKO HARAM – ISIS Peter Pham, director of the Atlantic Council’s Africa Center and Michael O’Hanlon, Senior Fellow and Co-Director of the Center for 21st Century Security and Intelligence at the Brooking’s Institution, discuss the significance and ramifications of the Nigerian-based terrorist group Boko Haram’s recent declaration of allegiance to the so-called Islamic State, also known as ISIS or ISIL, with host Carol Castiel.VOABOKO HARAM – ISIS Peter Pham, director of the Atlantic Council’s Africa Center and Michael O’Hanlon, Senior Fellow and Co-Director of the Center for 21st Century Security and Intelligence at the Brooking’s Institution, discuss the significance and ramifications of the Nigerian-based terrorist group Boko Haram’s recent declaration of allegiance to the so-called Islamic State, also known as ISIS or ISIL, with host Carol Castiel.http://www.voanews.com/audio/2679893.htmlFri, 13 Mar 2015 23:30:00 -040000:30:00http://gdb.voanews.com/E37343F6-85DF-485A-8130-F50CF71C4188_w640_h360.pngEncounter - March 06, 2015PM NETANYHU / US CONGRESS Natan Sachs, Senior Fellow at the Center for Middle East Policy at Brookings Institution, and James Phillips, Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Affairs at the conservative Heritage Foundation, discuss the politics and substance of a controversial speech on Iran to the US Congress by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, just two weeks before Israeli elections and three weeks before the deadline to conclude a high stakes deal to curb Iran’s nuclear program.VOAPM NETANYHU / US CONGRESS Natan Sachs, Senior Fellow at the Center for Middle East Policy at Brookings Institution, and James Phillips, Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Affairs at the conservative Heritage Foundation, discuss the politics and substance of a controversial speech on Iran to the US Congress by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, just two weeks before Israeli elections and three weeks before the deadline to conclude a high stakes deal to curb Iran’s nuclear program.http://www.voanews.com/audio/2671209.htmlFri, 06 Mar 2015 22:30:00 -050000:30:00http://gdb.voanews.com/E37343F6-85DF-485A-8130-F50CF71C4188_w640_h360.png